Joined up with the Monmouthshire Regiment, but due to huge losses, soldiers from different depleted regiments found themselves transferred to others to make up the numbers.They were defending a small hill, Kemmel, a strategic viewpoint above marshland, and faced a German offensive which was different to those previously experienced.There were no big guns to start with but a "surprise" lightly armed attack which caught the British unawares. It signalled the start of some fierce battles over the next few months, with hand to hand fighting.​It is likely George was buried by the Germans before being re-buried later after British advances